On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 12:48:46 +1200, Mark Robinson wrote:
> Southern Kiwi wrote:
>> Backdoor sub.seven,
>>
>> ....... and so it begins
>>
>> *sigh* had to happen I 'spose
>
> ummm ... this trojan has been around for AGES.
>
> From memory it propagates through email, usenet and IRC.
>
> What does it have to do with firefox ?

thingy wrote:
> Southern Kiwi wrote:
>> Backdoor sub.seven,
>>
>> ....... and so it begins
>>
>> *sigh* had to happen I 'spose
>>
>>
>>
>
> Propegation seems to be via emails and IRC and not via a web
> browser...so what has this to do with Firefox?
>
> regards
>
> Thing

Maybe he means that usually he would have about 100 by now, as IE has a
habit of installing them without asking first.

BTW: has anyone noticed thunderbird taking ages to load the quoted text
when you hit reply? Seems to be happening since the auto-update the
other day. Also interesting that its builtin spellcheck thinks
'thunderbird' should be come 'thunder bird'. Hehe. This is using the
en-NZ dictionary.

thingy wrote:
> Southern Kiwi wrote:
>> Backdoor sub.seven,
>>
>> ....... and so it begins
>>
>> *sigh* had to happen I 'spose
>>
>>
>>
>
> Propegation seems to be via emails and IRC and not via a web
> browser...so what has this to do with Firefox?
>
> regards
>
> Thing

Maybe he means that usually he would have about 100 by now, as IE has a
habit of installing them without asking first.

BTW: has anyone noticed thunderbird taking ages to load the quoted text
when you hit reply? Seems to be happening since the auto-update the
other day. Also interesting that its builtin spellcheck thinks
'thunderbird' should become 'thunder bird'. Hehe. This is using the
en-NZ dictionary.

Dave Doe wrote:
> In article <rIE3g.17003$>,
> says...
>> thingy wrote:
>>> Southern Kiwi wrote:
>>>> Backdoor sub.seven,
>>>> ....... and so it begins
>>>> *sigh* had to happen I 'spose
>>>
>>> Propegation seems to be via emails and IRC and not via a web
>>> browser...so what has this to do with Firefox?
>>>
>>
>> Maybe he means that usually he would have about 100 by now, as IE
>> has a habit of installing them without asking first.
>
> That's *you* - not IE

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